Activities of Gilles LEBRETON related to 2021/0214(COD)
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Amendments (6)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However, fFree allocation under the EU ETS weakens the price signal that the system provides for the installations receiving it compared to full auctioning and thus affects the incentives for investment into further abatement of emissionsremains a valid instrument within the Union and the inclusion of these allowances in the CBAM calculation would help contain price increases, especially in sectors such as agriculture.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) However, the issue of carbon leakage must be seen in a broader context, taking into account the cumulative impact of the Union's growing environmental ambitions on the competitiveness of its economy as a whole. The disparity in standards and production requirements between the Union and its external trading partners is clearly evident, not only in the sectors covered by the EU ETC system, but also, and especially, in agriculture. A twin-track approach is therefore required: measures to combat carbon leakage through CBAM should be combined with the creation of additional favourable conditions for investment and production within the Union, including financial incentives for innovation, the production of organic fertilisers, the removal of administrative barriers and the reduction of adjustment costs, especially in the agricultural sector. New resources should be earmarked for this purpose.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
(37a) The Union’s agricultural sector is one of the most productive in the world and also the most advanced in terms of its commitment to climate and environmental protection. However, one of the challenges it faces is climate dumping by countries that are making slower progress in adopting greener agricultural standards. The scope of the CBAM should therefore be extended without undue delay to agricultural products, provided that this is done following a comprehensive impact assessment and broad cross-sectoral consultation and is compatible with the Union tariff system. The inclusion of agricultural products in the scope of the CBAM is all the more important as the agricultural sector will be both directly and indirectly affected by the inclusion of other products, notably fertilisers, steel and aluminium. The Commission must undertake to continuously monitor the stability of the Union's internal market, including agricultural markets, and to take effective corrective measures, for example by promoting investments in alternatives to the products listed in this Regulation, in particular fertilisers, and by providing non-CAP-funded compensation to farmers if the new mechanism is found to be undermining the profitability and sustainability of agricultural production.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) The Commission should evaluate the application of this Regulation before the end of the transitional period and report to the European Parliament and the Council. The report of the Commission should in particular focus on possibilities to enhance climate actions towards the objective of a climate neutral Union by 2050the real consequences that the CBAM would have on the climate, carrying out an impact study for the agricultural sector in particular. The Commission should, as part of that evaluation, initiate collection of information necessary to possibly extend the scope to indirect emissions, as well as to other goods and services at risk of carbon leakage, and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on the environmental footprint methods47. _________________ 47Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1) 47 .
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall collect the information necessary with a view to extending the scope of this Regulation to indirect emissions and goods other than those listed in Annex I, and develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on environmental footprint methods. The Commission should constantly monitor the climatic, social and economic impact of the CBAM, especially in the agricultural sector.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain, in particular, the assessment of the possibilities to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, as well as an assessment of the governance system. It shall also contain the assessment of the possibility to further extend the scope to embedded emissions of transportation services as well as to goods further down the value chain and services that may be subject to the risk of carbon leakage in the future, without undermining the proper functioning of the internal market or increasing costs for consumers.